Helpful Hints

Place a slice of apple in hardened brown sugar to soften it back up.

When a cake recipe calls for flouring the pan, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead. This way there is no white mess on the outside of the cake.

Don’t freeze more than 2 pounds of food per cubic foot of freezer capacity per day.

To freeze apples: Steam/blanch sliced apples for 3 minutes. Cool in very cold water and drain. Cover with ½ cup sugar for every 4 cups f sliced apples. Fill pint or quart size freezer bags 3 to 4 inches from top. Then squeeze out air and seal.

Most fully ripened honey will granulate (become solid) under the proper circumstances. You may still use it that way or put your honey container in a pan of water and raise the temperature to 110 degrees, which will liquefy the honey again.